[Wadsworth]

(06-23-2014 04:29 AM)Solus Wrote:  

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8. On average, I am taught to fear walking alone after dark in average public spaces much less than my female counterparts are.

What does this even mean?

So I'm privileged because I can only get potentially murdered? Not murdered or raped?

Good example of the contemporary feminist.

First of all, it's not that men don't have to fear violence, she simply doesn't care either way because of her lack of empathy for men. The male is simply a theoretical construct in her neurotic worldview.

But more to the point, women don't have to fear violence, although for whatever reason they are certainly more fearful about every little thing. The author rationalizes this difference by arguing that men are taught this emotional control while women are not.

This argument is wildly implausible on its face, but notice the lack of personal empowerment and autonomy implicit in that idea. Instead of personally taking control of her emotions, this woman is complaining that nobody came into her life and taught her not to be afraid; nobody came into her life and either took control for her or somehow gave her the control she's looking for.

And these are the same people who complain about patriarchy.